Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
NEBRASKA.

ges.
The receipts at tie Boone county far were
much larger than ever before.
The German Catholics Of Lincoln will build
u house Of worship costing s. 1000.
During SEPTEMBER there was "A free delivery
Of rs, 105 pieces Of mail at Hastings.
The Stanton county fair IS said to be ahead
Of anything 80 far held In that valley.
The Republicans have nominated & lady for
county .uperinteudent in Valley county.
Considerable track laying is now being
done by the Lincoln Street Railway company.
Methodist churches are 10 be bnilt this fall
at Walnut Grove, Florence and Parkvale near
Omaha.
Nearly 9 600 people greeted Gen. Mor:ows'
address at the fair grounds, at Sidney,
Wednesday.
Work at the college IN Crete Is fairly under
wav. One hundred and eighty students are
in attendance.
The w. G. T. U. State convention opened
Thursday at Beatrice, with a large attend
ance OF deleA ates.
The electric light plant OF Grand Island has
beer removed TO their new brick building at
the east OF Third street.
Nebraska pensions Granted: Thoman Eur-
ray, Burchsrd; Andrew Wilson, bonneville;
K. 8. Sprague, Van Coma.
The third annusl meeting Of the Holt coun-
ty fair was held at O'Neill this week. The
attendance was very large.
A brakeman. named Robert Allison, on the
Burlington and Missouri was run over and
killed at Auburn, Wednesday.
The educational authorities at Omaha con-
tenn siate adding shorthand 20 the curriculum
OF studies in the public schools.
The proprletors of the Peoples bank at
Beatrice have bought the Exchange bank OF
j. l.. Tate, who, having closed on. his inter
ests, will go 10 California.
The dead body OF an infant was fouhd in
the &c yer leading from the cesspool in the
alley Immediately In the rear Of the Willard
hotel, at Omaha, wednesday.
The cornerstone Of the II ain building of
the state institute Cor the blind was laid
Wednesday Vt Nebraska City with impressive
and appropriate ceremonies.
AT Kearney, work is being done on the
frame work with which t. bore for natural
gas. The boring of the l 500 feet well is ex-
pec'ed to be begun this week.
The opening aud dedication OF the new
chamber OF at Omaha occurred
Monday. Thousands Of people Inspected the
costly and commodius structure.
A grand reception was given Gov. Thayer,
at Lincoln, on his return from the east where
he has been attending the constitutional cen
tennial celebration and the Grand Army re-
union.
Hattie Sharp was poisoned Thursday By an
unknown young man at Omaha. The two
were drinking beer together. Poison was dis
covered In the liquid. The girl is Ia a preca-
! rious condition.
A red-haired woman was arrested as g shop
litter at Omaha Wednesday, and she was
taken 70 he police station and gave her name
AS Nellie Jackson, but the police recognized
her as a notorious shop-liiter by the name Of
Nellie Martin.
The Columbus journal In a brief estimate
from seven counties in Nebraska places the
corn crop at an average OF So bushels Dtr
acre; spring wheat at - bushels; oats at 33T
bushels; and potatoes at 6S bushels per ace,
with Z Der cent. OF old corn on hand.
At Aurora Hans Jensen, Henry Newman,
DR.. sc1ultz and John Wiley, a yosng lawyer
Of McCook, got into a dispute at the residerce
OF the Newman Fl mily Thursday evening over
a dog, which terminated In a Sight in which
all the participants were badly used Up.
A large ard enthusiastic meeting Of citizens
took Clace Monday night az Valentine ri
which a beard OF trade was formed with the
obi ct to secure jlst railroad rates and Ia
C IN ~nlgrAtlo II 10 the broad acres OF the
country. Over forty members signed the co y
stitution.
A short timesgo VIII s. Hadley. postmas-
ter ct Arliogton, was found crooked in hi
accounts and In the performance Of the duties
If his Cfii:e The postofice inspector re-
quested his resignation, which was at once
flied. Hadley soon came to Fremont to live.
He was arrested Thursday at Fremont on a
charge of embeVzlemeut by Deputy Urited
States Marshal Showalter.
Portsmouth is crowded with visitors and
participants in the annual singing festival o.
the q .rman societies OF the state. The dec
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trium ohal arches covered with bunting, ever.
green's aud notices span Main street. The
visiting societies are the Nelncrc,ors Of
Omaha, Lincoln, Seward. Columbus and Lie.
derkranz Of Nebraska City and Grand Island.
E. 0. Kretslnger, OF Beatrice, the attorney
for the great Goddard estate, obtained a de-
cree IN partition In the district court Wednes-
day at Wayne, {, partition IS 600 acres OF
land between seven I elrs OF the above estate
The land Hes in Wayne, Knox, Pierce and Ce.
dar counties, aud IL worth Il quarter o. u
million dollars. Il. B.. Crawford, John r..
Brissl"s aud James BFittOn, OF Wayne, were
appoiuted referees 10 make partition and re-
port to the ceucr in thirty days.
DAkO "A.
Clark has bt.n made a signal service str